OpenWeatherMap Essentials

Receive only the essential data back from the OpenWeatherMap API in an easy-to-navigate Weather object.

Weather {
  cloudiness: 90,
  sun: { 
    rise: '7:07:21',
    set: '16:51: 6'
  },
  location: {
    city: 'San Francisco',
    country: 'US',
    timezone: -28800
  },
  temp: {
    current: 55.8,
    min: 51.8,
    max: 60.01
  },
  air: {
    humidity: 82,
    pressure: 1018
  },
  type: {
    description: 'Rain',
    detailedDescription: 'light rain'
  },
  wind: {
    direction: 'NE',
    speed: 3
  },
  zip: 94108,
  apiKey: 'YOUR_KEY_HERE',
  units: 'imperial'
}

Getting Started

Create a new Weather object, passing in options in an object.

Options include apiKey (string), zip (number), and an optional units argument.

The units option accepts "imperial", "standard", or "metric" but will default to "imperial".

const weather = new Weather({ apiKey: 'YOUR_KEY_HERE', zip: 94108, units: 'imperial' })

Interpreting Data

Cloudiness

cloudiness returns the percentage of cloudiness (number)

Sun

sun.rise and sun.set return a formatted time string in the timezone local to the zip code (string)

Location

location.city returns the city name belonging to the zip code (string)

location.country returns the country name belonging to the zip code (string)

location.timezone returns the millisecond offset between your computer's time and the time local to the zip code (number)

Temp

temp.current returns the current temperature in the specified zip code (number)

temp.min returns the minimum temperature in the specified zip code (number)

temp.max returns the maximum temperature in the specified zip code (number)

Air

air.humidity returns the humidity percentage in the zip code (number)

air.pressure returns the atmospheric pressure in the zip code in hPa (number)

Type

type.description returns a short description of the weather in a zip code (string)

type.detailedDescription returns a long description of the weather in a zip code (string)

Wind

wind.direction returns the direction the wind is blowing in a zip code (string)

wind.speed returns the speed the wind is blowing in a zip code (number)